XLC - 'Oppenheimer' Scoops The 96th Academy Awards With 7 Oscars: Emma Stone A Second Actress Award For 'Poor Things' | Benzinga
“Oppenheimer” was the big winner at the 2024 Academy Awards on Sunday, scooping up seven Oscars from its 13 nominations.
The biopic about the “father of the atomic bomb” and his role in the Manhattan Project, won the Oscar for Best Picture, with Christopher Nolan winning Best Director and Cillian Murphy, Best Actor in a Leading Role, with Robert Downey Jr. winning Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Its other accolades were for Best Score, Best Cinematography and Best Editing.
The second-best performing film, with three wins, was “Poor Things,” the “Frankenstein”-inspired story, based on the novel by Alasdair Grey, which provided Emma Stone with her second Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar following the one she received for “La La Land” at the 2017 awards.
Other notable winners included Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, in the comedy-drama “The Holdovers.” “Barbie,” despite its seven nominations, won only for Best Original ...